2nd Hour Article 7

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Article 7 is about the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Ratifacation is defined as: To approve and give formal support to; confirm.

For the constitution to going into effect it need all 13 of the colonies to aprove of it. However the Constitution need 9 of the colonies to pass it. Each state except Rhode island held Consitional coventions to let the citzens eexpress their fellings about the Constitution. Many people did not aprove of the Constitution these people were called Antifedralists. People that did aprove of the Constitution were known as Federalists. This is in the order the states Ratified the Constitution.

1	December 7, 1787	Delaware	30	0
2	December 12, 1787	Pennsylvania	46	23
3	December 18, 1787	New Jersey	38	0
4	January 2, 1788	Georgia	26	0
5	January 9, 1788	Connecticut	128	40
6	February 6, 1788	Massachusetts	187	168
7	April 28, 1788	Maryland	63	11
8	May 23, 1788	South Carolina	149	73
9	June 21, 1788	New Hampshire	57	47
10	June 25, 1788	Virginia	89	79
11	July 26, 1788	New York	30	27
12	November 21, 1789	North Carolina	194	77
13	May 29, 1790	Rhode Island	34	32

the first row is the dates the states ratified. the 2nd row is the states that ratified. the 3rd row is the # of yes`s of the constitution. the last row is the # of no`s .